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Wed, 09 Jul 2003 The law is finally free GOOD NEWS! You can actually read the laws for your community without paying scot to some trade association publisher! I had tried to get a copy of the electrical code for Boone County, only to be told (by the county building folks) that I'd have to buy a copy, as it was copyrighted! I never did understand how a law could be copyrighted, and neither, apparently, does the Supreme Court.
Wed, 09 Jul 2003 00:00 /Copywrongs | 0 writebacks | permanent link The New Yorker on Business Process Patents This is a fine piece on so-called "business method" patents, written for the layman and covering a fair bit of history as well.
The New Yorker on Business Process Patents [Slashdot]
Wed, 09 Jul 2003 00:00 /Copywrongs | 0 writebacks | permanent link Heinlein was Right If you've never read Friday by Robert A Heinlein, you may find it extremely interesting in light of this:
Researchers Use Lab Cultures to Create Robotic 'Semi-Living Artist' [Science Blog]
Wed, 09 Jul 2003 00:00 /Politics | 0 writebacks | permanent link New Memory Forget FLASH ... this will have a HUGE impact in the embedded systems world.
New Memory That Doesn't Forget. The next generation of RAM, due next year, will be magnetoresistive, which in plain terms means data will stay put even with the power off. For users, that means slow starts could be history. By Elliot Borin. [Wired News]
Wed, 09 Jul 2003 00:00 /Technology | 0 writebacks | permanent link The SCO Decision Matrix Note the final outcome for any path in this matrix: Linux is Unaffected.
Linux vs. SCO: The Decision Matrix [Slashdot]
Wed, 09 Jul 2003 00:00 /Copywrongs | 0 writebacks | permanent link Extraordinary Himalyan Objects Man, this'd be worth a day trip to the Windy City ...
Galaxy of Asian Gods Is Sighted in Chicago. The Art Institute of Chicago's exhibit of extraordinary Himalyan objects barely touches on the personal, social and political concepts related to the artwork. By Holland Cotter. [New York Times: NYT HomePage]
Wed, 09 Jul 2003 00:00 /Home | 0 writebacks | permanent link Is Caching fair use This represents the real backside of over-zealous copyright law and enforcement. Think about computing without a cache ...
Google cache raises copyright concerns. Google's caching feature allows for quick snapshots of others' web pages. But does it infringe on copyrights and trademarks? [CNET News.com]
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